"You've probably never heard of
Dr. Yellapragada SubbaRow," wrote Doron
K. Antrim in Argosy in April 1950. "Yet
because he lived you may live longer".
Every word of Antrim is true
even today a millions live longer a more
satisfying life
because of folic acid vitamin, tetracycline antibiotics, and anti-filarial
and anti‑cancer drugs developed under the
research direction in the USA of
this India‑born biochemist
turned wizard of wonder drugs
Besides
the conquest of many illnesses that have
plagued mankind for ages, SubbaRow contributed
to the understanding of such life processes as
muscular contraction which gets the living
world's work done.
Mankind
owes all this to the fact that YELLAPRAGADA
SUBBAROW was a man driven by an insatiable
thirst for fame. Yet very few know him. How in
spite of such achievements can a scientist,
especially a scientist who thirsted for fame,
remain obscure in this age of instant
communication?
SubbaRow
was "a poor businessman" is the answer of a
patent attorney who was astonished he had not
taken any of the steps that scientists
everywhere consider routine for linking their
name to their handiwork. He was invariably in
the audience when a colleague or a
collaborator, pushed by him to the limelight,
took the bow as each fruit of research directed
by SubbaRow was revealed to the public. He
never granted interviews to the press. He never
made the rounds of the academies which
apportion accolades among the achievers. He
never went on lecture tours. He never did any
of these and other things required of anyone
with the least pretension to awards, honours
and recognition and without which one cannot
achieve glory.
How
then was he a 'glory hunter'?
And
what was the kind of fame he was after? click here for more.
SubbaRow Club: S P K
Gupta (convener) .
Contact us @ Evelyn
Publishers, Ella's Cottage, B-108 Gulmohar
Park, New Delhi 110049,
India Tel:91-11-26569703
Email
: evelynpublishers@yahoo.com Sitemap
This
site can be best viewed under 800x600
resolution All right reserved ��
Evelyn Publishers
|
|